In Singapore, a jail term imposed as punishment is the full number of years a convicted person has to serve.

However, most offenders will be released at the two-third mark of their sentence.

This is according to Singapore's remission system for ex-offenders.

The current Conditional Remission System and Mandatory Aftercare Scheme which took effect on July 1, 2014, is slightly stricter than the previous remission system, which saw ex-offenders released without condition.

But it just means offenders can be released back into society provided they meet certain conditions.

From the Singapore Prison Service website:

This will be replaced by the Conditional Remission System (CRS), which seeks to deter ex-offenders from re-offending by subjecting them to conditions upon their release. Most ex-offenders will generally still be released at the two-thirds mark of their sentence, with the basic condition of not to re-offend during the remission period and be sentenced to an imprisonment term (excluding a default sentence) or given any other sentence such as reformative training, corrective training and preventive detention.

The purpose of this to support ex-offenders in staying crime-free and deter them from re-offending.

This also means that City Harvest Church (CHC) co-founder Kong Hee and five of his fellow church leaders who have successfully appealed to reduce their sentences previously handed out to them on November 2015, might just serve shorter sentences than what has been reported.

This is what all six of them will serve if they abide by the two-thirds remission rule: